Pinning ceremonies...

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Hi - quick question about guys and pinning ceremonies. Don't mean to offend anyone, but pinning ceremonies (pins, Nightingale lamps, etc.) don't seem very oriented towards the male gender. Do male grads feel goofy at these ceremonies? How silly will I look? My wife is already busting my chops about carrying a lamp, etc...

First, they probably could not stop you as long as you complied with the dress code. PC and all that jazz. Man, I'm truly afraid of that sight.

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Trust me, it wouldn't be anything close to pretty. Hehe

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I never thought I could be afraid of a nurse but, I'm pretty scared now! LOL

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I am 6'2, 265 lbs and built like a linebacker. I thought of showing up at my pinning ceremony in a skirt and long blonde wig and just play along.

I am not sure the wifey will let me though. :lol2:

maybe the wife would allow a brunette?

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I am 6'2, 265 lbs and built like a linebacker. I thought of showing up at my pinning ceremony in a skirt and long blonde wig and just play along.

I am not sure the wifey will let me though. :lol2:

That is a great idea. Iwould love to pull that off.

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I am 6'2, 265 lbs and built like a linebacker. I thought of showing up at my pinning ceremony in a skirt and long blonde wig and just play along.

I am not sure the wifey will let me though. :lol2:

If you decide to do it, you have to post photos so we can all see!:chuckle

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Well I am a girl...I have to admit that first off! We are in our last semester we have 3 guys out of 26 now!! We are in complete control of our pinning...if we even want to have one! I know that IF we do have one..the guys will be planning it...they are very funny...and they would make it a blast...none of us want some cheesy white stuff and if we have one there will be lots of liquor involved I can assure you of that!!! It could be a very interesting day!!

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As a girl, I am appreciative that my school did not have any candles, roses, etc as part of our pinning ceremony. Even I would have found that cheesy, so I'm sure that the guys in my class (one in particular) would have been tempted not to participate. We have a guest speaker, a faculty speaker, and then the dean did a little speech. Each graduates accomplishments were listed (honors, Sigma Theta Tau, etc) and then we each came up and were pinned by the dean or a family member. We wore our graduation gowns (no hats), and some of the guys just wore a dark suit. Overall it was a very nice ceremony and we enjoyed it quite a bit.

When my aunt graduated about 15 years ago, they wore white dresses, white hats, carried lamps, and the whole nine yards. Things are beginning to change, at least in some parts of the country.

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I'm not sure what the ADN program ceremony is like but we had nada as graduates of the PN program, which finishes in August each year. The class tried to put something together themselves but there was some friction between a couple cliques, with one particular control freak woman causing most of it. I was a member of the committee but not neccessarily of either clique.

What bothered me the most was that during the planning there was discussion that we needed the program director's permission to arrange our own ceremony on our own time but on campus. I am not the sit back and take it kinda guy so I spoke up and said; "like heck we do". All we need is the permission of the college administration in general for use of the student union and I didn't see getting that permission as a problem considering they promote activites there such as the feminazi lady parts Monologues. In the end I withdrew from the committee and let it self destruct, which it did.

The school did offer to let us walk in the general graduation ceremony the following May. We also could have purchased an overpriced pin from one of those class ring dealers. I declined both.

All I have to show for my hard fought efforts is a certificate, license, and gainful employment. After all, isn't that what the goal was anyway!!

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I don't think that pinning ceremonies are "girly" at all. I think it's purely symbolic of an academic accomplishment in the study of nursing. It will definitely be girly if it is a "nurse's hat" ceremony. :lol2:

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I dod not go to my nursing graduation pinning ceremony, there were two of us me and one female. It just wasnt for me.

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*did* sorry :wink2:

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